Ambrosios painter
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The Ambrosios Painter was a Greek vase painter who worked towards the end of the 6th century BC. Chr. In Athens worked.
The Ambrosios Painter was one of the relatively early red-figure bowl painters . His creative period is around the last decade of the 6th century BC. BC. His name has not been passed down, which is why John D. Beazley , who recognized and defined his artistic handwriting within the large traditional body of antique painted ceramics , made it distinguishable with an emergency name that goes back to the inscription inside a bowl in Orvieto.
Beazley described him as a bad, technically not particularly well-versed vase painter who, however, was not boring in his work. His depicted scenes are dynamic and his works bring new compositions and characters into the red-figure style. Many of his vases depict gods and mythological scenes. A rather rare scene from normal life that did not take place at home is particularly well-known: a young fisherman fishes with a crab trap and scares off an octopus . Another picture from the working world of craftsmen shows a ceramist painting a head made of clay.
literature
- John D. Beazley : Attic Red-Figure Vase-Painters. Oxford University Press, Oxford 1963², pp. 173-175.
- John Boardman : Red-Figure Vases from Athens. The archaic time (= cultural history of the ancient world . Volume 4). 4th edition. Philipp von Zabern, Mainz 1994, ISBN 3-8053-0234-7 , p. 70.
Web links
- Entry in the Union List of Artist Names Online (English)
- Description in the artist database of the J. Paul Getty Museum (English)
- Works in the Museum of Fine Arts , Boston (English)
- Works in the Perseus Project (English)
Remarks
- ↑ Orvieto, Museo Faina Inv. 62.
- ^ Museum of Fine Arts , Boston , inventory number 01.8024; John D. Beazley: Attic Red-Figure Vase-Painters. Oxford 1963², p. 173 No. 9; Entry on the website of the Beazley Archive (English); in the online database of the Museum of Fine Arts (English) and the online database of the Perseus Project (English).
- ^ Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, inventory number 68.292; in the online database of the Museum of Fine Arts (English).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ambrosios painter |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ambrosios painter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek vase painter of the red-figure style |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 6th century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 6th century BC BC or 5th century BC Chr. |